Apple ganged up on, GPT-5 soon, Blackwell gaming GPU + more! - TechLinked March 20, 2024

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

YOU AND ME AND APPLE

Microsoft and Meta accuse Apple of playing games with App Store rules

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/meta-microsoft-x-band-together-against-apple-s-app-store-plans-1.2049521

https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/20/24106838/apple-epic-anti-steering-developers-in-app-payments-meta-microsoft-match

After losing two complaints before the U.S. International Trade Commission, Apple has stepped up its lobbying to change the agency’s practices.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/technology/apple-patents-lobbying.html

https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/analyzing-itcs-impending-import-ban-apple-watches-2023-12-07/

Apple Launches All-in-One 'Manuals, Specs, and Downloads' Website

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/20/apple-manuals-specs-downloads-website/

 

CR#P GPT

Sam Altman is over GPT-4: ‘I think it kind of sucks’

https://fortune.com/2024/03/19/sam-altman-chatgpt-4-kind-of-sucks/

Business insider says that GPT-5 might be coming this summer

https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-launch-better-gpt-5-chatbot-2024-3

https://mashable.com/article/openai-gpt-5-release-this-summer

OpenAI’s chatbot store is filling up with spam

https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/20/openais-chatbot-store-is-filling-up-with-spam/

 

BACK IN BLACKWELL

Leaker suggests that Nvidia's Blackwell gaming graphics processer, GB202 to use the same technology as B100 (4nm)

https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/joao-silva/nvidia-gb202-gpu-expected-to-use-the-same-tsmc-4n-process-as-newly-announced-b100/

“World’s most powerful chip” https://lmg.gg/gbZxP

Kopite7kimi https://twitter.com/kopite7kimi/status/1769903710849929570

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-rtx-50-gb202-gaming-gpu-reportedly-features-the-same-tsmc-4np-process-as-b100

5nm? 4nm? https://www.techpowerup.com/320555/nvidia-blackwell-geforce-rtx-to-feature-same-5nm-based-tsmc-4n-foundry-node-as-gb100-ai-gpu

Rivian R3X https://youtu.be/E6s3BjU_TSY?t=69 @1:09

Nvidia's Jensen Huang says Blackwell GPU to cost $30,000 - $40,000, later clarifies that pricing will vary as they won't sell just the chip 

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidias-jensen-huang-says-blackwell-gpu-to-cost-dollar30000-dollar40000-later-clarifies-that-pricing-will-vary-as-they-wont-sell-just-the-chip

Estimate on cost to make chip

https://twitter.com/firstadopter/status/1770097608616214767  

 

QUICK BITS

 

GLASS HOUSES

Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent

https://futurism.com/glassdoor-real-name-policy

https://mashable.com/article/glassdoor-real-names-privacy

https://www.engadget.com/glassdoor-reportedly-attaches-real-names-to-anonymous-accounts-120058183.html

 

PLATO’S CAVE

YouTube will require disclosure of AI-manipulated videos from creators

https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/disclosing-ai-generated-content/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/18/tech/youtube-ai-label-for-creators/index.html

Animated, non-realistic videos (most of those are for kids) are exempt https://www.wired.com/story/kids-cartoons-free-pass-youtube-deepfake-disclosure-rules/

 

BANISHED FROM THE GARDEN

Hackintosh enthusiasts concerned the practice might be dying as Apple drops driver support

https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/19/the-end-of-the-hackintosh/

https://aplus.rs/2024/hackintosh-almost-dead/

https://www.techradar.com/computing/mac-os/the-end-of-hackintosh-how-apple-is-sounding-the-death-knell-for-a-once-thriving-online-community

 

ONE TINY PROBLEM

AMD TinyBox project put on hold due to GPU instability in AI workloads — firm publicly considering using Intel GPUs

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amd-tinybox-project-put-on-hold-due-to-gpu-instability-in-ai-workloads-firm-publicly-considering-using-intel-gpus

https://wccftech.com/tinycorp-ditches-amd-tinybox-ai-package-opt-for-nvidia-or-intel-options/

Intel prepares for $100 billion spending spree across four US states after acquiring near $20B federal grant

https://www.reuters.com/technology/intel-prepares-100-bln-spending-spree-across-four-us-states-2024-03-20/

 

WETWORK

“Disabling cyberattacks” are hitting critical US water systems, White House warns (have reported on one of these incidents in the past, but there’s been significant developments)

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/03/critical-us-water-systems-face-disabling-cyberattacks-white-house-warns/

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/us-warns-of-cyberattacks-against-water-systems-throughout-nation-1.2048951

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/19/politics/cyberattacks-water-systems-us/index.html